... those by the Athenian sculptor Praxiteles (Fourth Century B.C.) provide a more realistic depiction than the idealized figures of the Fifth Century B.C. On the contrary Indian believes dedicate to asceticism and total non-violence. Indian masterpieces reflect the pure beauty of nature, generosity of a person and harmony of mind. An interesting point - the Hindu denial of the self-existence of the natural world. To people in a culture that values obvious trappings of wealth and visible emblems of material success, an acknowledgement of such a proposition can only come as frightful recognition of the tawdry emptiness of life in contemporary industrialized societies. Hinduism provides a lasting critique of Western acquisitiveness. A piece of the Chinese literature, the Tao, offers a restorative vision of a balanced human life lived in the context of a natural world community. Do the poems describe a Chinese society contemporaneous with the writing ...

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